Williams Orji
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has disclosed that efforts are on top gear to recover the national grid that experienced a partial disturbance, on Monday,.
According to a statement by Ndidi Mbah, GM, Public Affairs, explained that “athough the recovery of the grid commenced immediately, with Azura power station providing the blackstart, grid recovery reached advanced stages at about 10.24am, today when it encountered a challenge that caused a slight setback in the recovery process.
“The slight setback notwithstanding, TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90% of its substations nationwide. Supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centers nationwide.”
The statement added that the partial disturbance did not affect the Ibom Gas generating station which was islanded from the grid yesterday, and continued to supply areas in the South Southern part of the country such as Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kV transmission Substations during the period.
It noted however, that Investigation into the cause of the incident will be carried out as soon as the grid is fully restored.